"Then, could you please leave Reiko out of it?"

Jin's request was decided.

"Well, Reiko is the golem, or rather, the automata girl who fought off the golem in the blink of an eye, isn't she? ............ well, I'm very, very sorry, but I'll grant your wish."

Jin was relieved to hear this.

The king gave a few words to one of his aides who was standing by,

"I will tell the Prime Minister and his ministers to be thorough. That will not be enough to satisfy us. Let's give them something afterwards."

"Thank you very much."

Jin then spoke of his greatest concern.

"By the way, did you find the culprit or the golem that did this?

Kelly, the captain of the Kingsguard, answered his question.

You are right to be concerned. The mage knights are doing their best to find it. Also, it is reported that the last of the runaway golems has just been subdued.

"I see."

As for the Kings of the Kingsguard, after Jin, the guest of the guests, had played such an active role in the battle, they wanted to at least finish it off with their own hands.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I think the danger is over now. Please make yourselves at home."

The king was relieved by the report of Kelly, the captain of the Kingsguard,

"Ernest, I think I'll rest then. ...... sir, take care of the rest."

With these words, the king and the prince retired to their rooms, protected by their guards.

"I cannot apologize to you all for the way things ended.

The Lord Privy Seal bowed to each of the remaining nobles and guests.

"This place is a mess. The guest house seems to be in good condition, so let's move there.

With these words, he led the way to the guesthouse.

On the way, most of them were chilled to their core when they saw the thick iron door that separated the inner and outer palaces had been warped, thinking that the golem had gone so far out of control, but some of them had an idea who it was and felt threatened in another way.

Gathered in the hall of the guest house were nobles and invited guests from outside the capital. There, once again, the minister bowed his head.

"This is not a matter that can be solved with an apology, but I would like to apologize on behalf of the Kingdom.

Then he prefaced his speech,

"The dinner will be prepared here shortly, so please enjoy it at your leisure.

Since the arrangements for the upper and lower chairs had not been made in time, the dinner was almost a rude party because of the emergency situation.

Some of the participants had some grievances about the incident, but they were all mentally exhausted, so the atmosphere was such that they decided to leave such matters for tomorrow.

The Home Secretary thought about having them bathe, but considering that they had been attacked during lunch and that it was already dusk, he decided to give priority to eating.

However, due to the urgency of the preparations, there were not enough tables and chairs, and the meal was again served standing up. Those who were seriously injured were sent to the infirmary, so Elsa and Bina were relieved not to have to face Count Galana.

"Oh, by the way, I'm hungry..."

"Me too. I'm hungry too... I just started to eat a late lunch and then all of a sudden there was a commotion.

Bina was standing by Jin's side. Count Kuzma was staring at him from a distance.

Jin felt her eyes on him,

"Beena, how did you feel the Count's feelings?

He asked her. Beena almost spewed out the contents of her mouth when he asked her,

"No, don't do that!　I still don't understand!

was all she could manage to say.

Then Elsa came in. She was holding a plate full of citrons in her hand.

"Thank you again, Jin-kun, for ......."

He bailed, partly because he was afraid that if he bent any further the citran would spill out of his plate.

"No problem, don't worry about it," he said, "but I'm glad you're okay. But I'm glad you're okay."

"Yeah. I was really scared at that time.

No matter how many barriers we have to protect us, it must have been terrifying to see a golem swarming 30 centimeters in front of us.

"Thanks to Jin-kun and ...... Reiko.

Then he looked around,

"By the way, where is Reiko?

I asked. Jin smiled,

"I'm here. ...... Reiko!"

"Yes, father."

Yes, Father!

Reiko suddenly appeared out of nowhere after removing her stealth, surprising not only Elsa but Bina as well. It's not something you get used to no matter how many times you experience it.

You see, the bandits were using the Hide at the bottom of the pass, right?　I studied it and made it more effective. ...... that's enough, Reiko."

Jin said and Reiko disappeared again.

"I see. Jin, you're really good."

"What, <>?　What is that?"

Elsa and Bina reacted differently.

"It's a magic contained in an item used by the bandits who attacked us before.

Elsa explains. Bina hears this and says

"Yes. ......Erza is traveling with Jin, so they must have shared a lot of experiences."

"......?"

Erza wondered at Bina's sudden dejection,

"Beena, do you have a tummy ache?"

"What?　"No, no. I'm fine.

"Really?　Okay, that's fine. ...... Oh, Brother Rai."

Erza looked at Reinhardt. Next to him was a beautiful woman with waist-length blonde hair.

"Is that ...... Dominique?"

The woman was indeed Dominique, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Celuloa. She is outgoing in places and reserved in others, just the type of woman that Reinhardt would like.

"But you don't hear anything about Reinhardt's love life, do you?

When Jin said that, Erza said,

"No stories about him?　Rai can't fly. Or is it about swimming?"

Jin then explained to Elsa that the stories about Rai were about women. To his surprise,

"My brother Rai has a fiancée in the country.

Then, to his surprise, she said, "My brother Rai has a fiancée in the country.

"He...... heh, to Reinhardt."

Erza explained that a boy of noble family could get married at any time after the age of 20. Some of them get married as early as 18.

"I see. What about women?"

Elsa looked surprised and then immediately returned to her usual expression,

"Some girls get married as early as 13 years old. Usually they are between 15 and 19 years old.

He answered, "Is that so?

"Is that so?"

Jin realized that the age of marriage is low in this world.

Jin, how old are you?　I'm 16."

Erza asked, looking into Jin's face. She even mentioned her own age without being asked.

"Me?　I'm 20. Oh, almost 21."

Jin replied,

"What?

Bina, who was listening to the conversation next to him, shouted out a crazy voice.

"Hey, think about where you are!"

Jin warned her, but Beena was excited,

"Jeez, Jin is 20 years old!　I thought he was the same age as me or at least one or two years older than me.

"Me too."

Erza agrees, and Jin is a little depressed.

"...... am I that childish?"

Bina looks flustered when he says this,

"No, I don't think so. I mean, you know,......

"You look young."

Elsa offers a helping hand, but it doesn't make me very happy.

Certainly, there is a story that Japanese people look younger than Westerners.

However, Jin once received a shock when a classmate at his old high school said to him, "Nido-kun, you look like an old man,

"You look like a child, but you are an old man inside.

No wonder he muttered to himself in a self-mocking tone, "You look like a child, but you are an old man on the inside.

"Is it rude to call me Jin-kun?

Erza, who had been calling him "Jin-kun," not realizing that he was four years older than her, asked him that, but Jin told her that it was strange to be called something else now and that it was fine to continue as before since Erza was of a higher rank than he was.

"Excuse me for interrupting, Jin-dono, is it?

At that moment, Stearina, one of the best magecraftsmen in the Kingdom of Celuloa and the creator of the crystal golem <>, approached me.